Proverbs 20:5

Etzah (purpose) + 20:5 See Yn 2:24-25 in the lev ish is like deep mayim, 1 but an ish tevunah will draw it out. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

In Context

4The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) will not plow by reason of choref (winter, cold); 1 therefore shall he beg at katzir (harvest), and have nothing. 1

6Rav adam will proclaim every one his own chesed, 1 but an ish emunim (faithful man, loyal man) who can find one? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:4The devarim of a manʼs mouth are deep mayim; 1 the makor chochmah is a flowing stream. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:5

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. See here the evil of slothfulness and the love of ease. 1. It keeps men from the most necessary business, from ploughing and sowing when the season is: The sluggard has ground to occupy, and has ability for it; he can plough, but he will not; some excuse or other he has to shift it off, but the true reason is that it is cold weather. Though ploughing time is not in the depth of winter, it is in the borders of… Read the whole commentary →

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